dustin wrote:
>
> If you want to write a program that alters elements of very large lists
> you can alter single elements with
>
> largelist[[elementnumber]]=newvalue;
>
> However, if you want to do this with a large string you have to do
> something like
>
> largestring=StringTake[largestring,{1,elementnumber-1}]<>newvalue<>StringTake[largestring,{1,elementnumber+1}];
>
> The problem with this is it requires making a whole new copy of the
> string to change just one element. This will really slow a program down
> if you are working with large strings or have to repeat the process many
> times.
>
> Does anyone know a way around this?
Hi Dustin,
Instead of using strings replace them by lists of characters (see Chap.
2.7.4 in "The Book").
-Harald
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